Offering a unique alternative to the high street, the Summer Arts Market lands at the historic St George’s Hall on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 July. Now in its third year, the market will play host to a variety of artists, designers and makers selling creations including original screen prints, paintings, jewellery, tableware, beauty products, decorations, accessories, textiles, photography, knitwear. Shoppers will also find a vintage fair in addition to arts activities for children. 18th…
After an early scare of rain on Saturday morning, Oye 2015 brought the sun, sights and sounds of Africa to Liverpool’s Sefton Park to truly make it a weekend to remember. The festival matched last year’s record breaking footfall of 80,000 across the weekend as the masses flocked to to see artists from Africa, the Caribbean and South America as well as home-grown talents tear up the Oye stage and to also take part in…
Soul II Soul / Electronic / Scarlet Fantastic / The Teardrop Explodes / Happy Mondays / Malcolm McLaren / PIL / Hazell Dean / Echo And The Bunnymen / Heaven 17 / Grace Jones / Saint Etienne / Bomb The Bass. Sonic Yootha 7.00pm – 1.00am Camp & Furnace: 67 Greenland Street
Prowling Liverpool’s stages with otherworldly tales, the delicately haunting voice of enigmatic singer-songwriter, Marvin Powell brings a new folk philosophy for the plugged-in generation. As if from the otherworlds of which he sings, singer-songwriter Marvin Powell emerges from the twilight and fingerpicks his way onto the roster of James Skelly’s Skeleton Key Records with his debut single, ‘Buried’, released on Monday 3 August 2015. Flavours of classic folk lurk with shades of early T-Rex, unplugged Led Zeppelin, comparisons…
Liverpool’s official festival celebrating arts & culture from refugee communities and creating discourse around the refugee experience. FESTIVAL 31 brings together refugees, wider communities, individuals, grassroots, small and larger organisations for a 31 day experience across the whole city from 14th June – 15th July 2015. The official launch party will take place at The Brink, Parr Street, Sunday 14th June 4-7pm with craft stalls and live music from The Peacemakers, Oscar & Francisco Carrasco, Mojo Storm…
Jackson Pollock is widely considered to be one of the most influential and provocative American artists of the twentieth century. Pollock famously pioneered action painting, a process that saw him drip paint on canvases resting on the studio floor. Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots at Tate Liverpool is the first exhibition in more than 30 years to explore the artist’s black pourings, a lesser known but extremely influential part of his practice. The exhibition offers a unique opportunity to…
The host of BBC Radio 6 Music and Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman will be at Leaf on Bold Street this Friday, 12th June to discuss his new book Huey Morgan’s Rebel Heroes, looking at the music influences of his favourite revolutionary artists across the decades, from Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin to Joe Strummer and beyond. 7pm/First Floor Tickets Available £6/£5 (Waterstones.com)
Ahead of their 23rd annual festival on Merseyside, Africa Oye have announced the running order for this year’s main stage acts. Soul supremo Omar will headline the Saturday of the event, preceded by one of East Africa’s most exciting new bands – Sarabi – performing for the first time ever in the UK. Reggae icon Frankie Paul is set to close proceedings on the Sunday after Lindigo – hailing from Reunion Island – grace Sefton…
The new single by Liverpool band Clean Cut Kid starts with sparse chunks of guitar, the fractured chords beating a rhythm which leads the listener to the clear, steady vocals, the music clipped and precise. When the thump of the rhythm becomes more insistent the track takes off, a strange but palatable mix of brutal funk and modern folk vocals. The use of blended male and female voices serves at times to temper the harshness, especially during the choruses,…
Deliveroo – the restaurant food delivery service, launches into Liverpool, revolutionising the way people dine by delivering quality food from local independent and chain restaurants, direct to people’s doors. The company is growing throughout the UK and is live in London, Brighton, Manchester, Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham and now Liverpool. The Liverpool arm of Deliveroo opens with a restaurant roster including local favourites such as GBK, Slim’s Pork Chop Express, Bakchich, Rookwood, Kasbah, Grilla, Raggas,…
Hotly tipped as a big name for the future, Rat Boy (Jordan Cardy) will be stopping off at Studio 2 Parr Street as part of his upcoming tour this September. The grime/hip hop/indie rock artist has risen to fame over the last year with his socially observant lyrics; he’s a realistic voice for youth. Rat Boy writes, sings and plays all his own instruments (guitar, bass, keyboard) and produces his own songs. Think Jamie…
This exhibition explores the connections between craft, technology and community. From 3D printing prosthetics, to handing over your garden to a robot, these four new commissions showcase the potential of skill-sharing and collaborative making in the real world. It will feature four new commissions by leading makers, creative technologists and collectives, exploring the opportunities that are brought along by the democratisation of digital tools, and the roles of both old and new skills in…
We are excited to announce our line up for The Magnet stage as part of Liverpool Calling Music Festival on 25th July. Our stage will focus on local talent featuring some brilliant up and coming bands as well as some of Liverpool’s most popular acts. To clue you up on our line up check out the band features below; Last Line Out are a slick blues inspired rock band who are all about ‘getting…
Ruberneck, GS Promotions & Yeah Buddy Blog with Antipop Records present… Electric Eel Shock (JPN): Electric Eel Shock are a glorious celebration of Classic Rock, Punk and Metal. A true power trio from the time before rock became fractured into a diverse multitude of sub-genres and we were all still one big happy Rock & Roll family. Self-proclaimed rock’n’roll monsters from Japan, Kerrang! say they ‘occupy the void somewhere between Queens of the Stone Age, AC/DC…
For its sixth year running, the cultural event LightNight returned to illuminate the city last Friday night – and what a night it was! People of all ages came together to celebrate the immense cultural diversity Liverpool has to offer, and this year over 130 free events were put on for the public to come and see, or to take part in for themselves. With the theme for 2015 being ‘Looking to the New’, there…
Liverpool Sound City is now just a few days away from it’s biggest line up to date at it’s brand new home at Bramley-Moore Dock. As well as big name headliners, The Vaccines, The Flaming Lips and Belle & Sebastian, the likes of Gaz Coombes, The Cribs, Everything Everything and The Thurston Moore Band add to the solid main stage names. The Baltic Stage curated by EVOL promises to be a real highlight for festival…
From The Rolling Stones to The Beatles, New Brighton has played an unlikely host to some iconic acts in the past. The Wirral seaside resort has long punched above its weight when it comes to championing new music. This year’s festival promises to showcase the region’s most exciting emerging artists along with established Merseyside headliners. In addition to music, there will art exhibitions, interactive stalls, food and drink. Astral Coast is the focal point of…
Summer 2015 will see Liverpool’s famous waterfront host a seven week programme of events under the title “One Magnificent City” which will see visits by Cunard Cruise ships, the International Mersey River Festival and the re-enactment of the first transatlantic sailing from Liverpool – 175 years on. May 2015 will welcome the Three Cunard Queens; Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria who will meet in the River Mersey for the first time in…
After laying down a fearless marker with ‘If You Could See’, singer-songwriter, Louisa Roach returns to James Skelly’s Skeleton Key label for a second time, with a captivating, breathlessly enchanting follow up single. Evolving from the chrysalis of acoustic songbird Louisa Roach leads the ever evolving She Drew The Gun to their second single release on Monday 25 May 2015. The floating melodies, featherlight guitars and cut glass vocals that form the delicate ‘Since You…
Liverpool Tattoo Convention returns for its 8th year on the 15th, 16th & 17th May 2015 – ‘Respecting the Past, Celebrating the Present and Embracing the Future’. Live tattooing from over 250 tattoo artists, live music, live performances, competitions, UK Tattoo Industry Awards, market stalls and reasonable food and drink prices are among the things that make the Liverpool Tattoo Convention a must attend event on the UK convention circuit. Renowned for its innovation, non-stop…